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To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families if he will make it his policy to apply The Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption to all overseas territories.

Asked by

Adrian Sanders (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Children, Schools and Families

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

6 May 2009

Reference

492 c302W; 270404

House

House of Commons

Adoptions from Cambodia

I am today announcing the outcome of a review of the suspension of adoptions of Cambodian children by UK residents. In June 2004, the then Minister of State for Children, Young People and Families, the Member for Barking (Margaret Hodge), announced the suspension of adoptions in response to concerns raised...

Member

Lord Brennan of Canton (Labour)

Department

Department for Children, Schools and Families

Type

Written statements

Date

2 April 2008

Reference

474 c49-50WS

House

House of Commons

Adoption: Cambodia

I am today announcing the outcome of a review of the suspension of adoptions of Cambodian children by UK residents. In June 2004, the Minister of State for Children, Young People and Families, Margaret Hodge, announced the suspension of adoptions in response to concerns raised and investigated by officials from...

Member

Lord Adonis (Labour)

Department

Department for Children, Schools and Families

Type

Written statements

Date

2 April 2008

Reference

700 c99WS

House

House of Lords

(Adoptions) Guatemala

I am today announcing a suspension of adoptions of Guatemalan children by UK residents in response to concerns about adoption practice in Guatemala. The suspension takes effect immediately. We have had long-standing concerns about the adoption process in Guatemala, as evidenced by the imposition of additional procedural checks administered by...

Member

Lord Brennan of Canton (Labour)

Department

Department for Children, Schools and Families

Type

Written statements

Date

6 December 2007

Reference

468 c80-1WS

House

House of Commons

Adoption: Guatemala

My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (Kevin Brennan) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. I am today announcing a suspension of adoptions of Guatemalan children by UK residents in response to concerns about adoption practice in Guatemala. The suspension takes effect immediately....

Member

Lord Adonis (Labour)

Department

Department for Children, Schools and Families

Type

Written statements

Date

6 December 2007

Reference

696 c215WS

House

House of Lords

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps he is taking to facilitate inter-country adoption from Bolivia to the UK.

Asked by

Lord Brennan of Canton (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

9 September 2004

For answer on

11 October 2004

Answered on

11 October 2004

Kevin Brennan: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what steps he is taking to facilitate intercountry adoption from Bolivia to the UK. [188975] Margaret Hodge: The UK Government do not actively promote intercountry adoption. The Government do provide a telephone and web-based information service to prospective adopters. It also manages the transfer of intercountry adoption applications overseas, ensuring that the documentation is complete and complies with UK legislative requirements. The Department for Education and Skills also acts as the Central Authority for England under The Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in respect of Intercountry Adoption. The Central Authority for Wales is the National Assembly for Wales, for Scotland the Scottish Executive and for Northern Ireland the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety. The role of the Central Authority is to ensure that the requirements laid down by the convention are fully met. The UK ratified the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in respect of Intercountry Adoption in 2003. Bolivia has also ratified the Hague Convention. The convention sets out clearly the principles which govern intercountry adoption policy, practice and procedure between contracting states. Principally these are to establish safeguards to ensure that intercountry adoptions take place in the best interests of the child and with respect for his or her fundamental rights as recognised in international law, to establish a system of co-operation amongst Contracting States to ensure that those safeguards are respected and thereby prevent the abduction, the sale of or traffic in children and to secure the recognition in Contracting States of adoptions made in accordance with the convention. Prior to the UK's ratification of the Hague Convention Bolivia has refused to accept applications for intercountry adoption. The Department for Education and Skills has subsequently received correspondence from the Bolivian authorities setting out their additional requirements in relation to intercountry adoption. However, we believe that the convention adequately addresses arrangements for adoption between contracting states.

Date

11 October 2004

Reference

425 c14W; 188975

House

House of Commons

Independent Review of Determinations (Hague Convention Adoptions and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2004

SI 2004/1868 (Negative instrument). Coming into force 20 August 2004.

Department

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Statutory instruments

Date

26 July 2004

Reference

SI 2004/1868

House

House of Commons; House of Lords

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps he is taking to facilitate intercountry adoption with all signatories of the 1993 Hague Convention. - (Holding answer 19 May 2004).

Asked by

David Stewart (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

24 May 2004

Reference

172218; 421 c1325W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many signatories of the 1993 Hague Convention have suspended intercountry adoption with the UK. - (Holding answer 19 May 2004).

Asked by

David Stewart (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

24 May 2004

Reference

172215; 421 c1325W

House

House of Commons

The Intercountry Adoption (Hague Convention) Regulations 2003: full regulatory impact assessment. DH. 2003.

Type

Impact assessments

Date

12 February 2003

Reference

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the United Kingdom Government will be in a position to ratify the Hague Convention on inter-country adoptions. - (Holding answer 22 July 2002).

Asked by

Jeffrey M Donaldson (Ulster Unionist Party)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

24 July 2002

Reference

389 c1406W;389 c1404W; 71487

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the formal procedures are for adopting children from abroad; and if he will publish them; if he will make a statement on the international laws governing the adoption of children; and if he will list them. - Inc fact that information...

Asked by

Elfyn Llwyd (Plaid Cymru)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

23 January 2001

For answer on

8 February 2001

Answered on

8 February 2001

Mr. Llwyd: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what the formal procedures are for adopting children from abroad; and if he will publish them; [147386] (2) if he will make a statement on the international laws governing the adoption of children; and if he will list them. [147415] Mr. Hutton: Inter-country adoption is underpinned by a number of international agreements to which the United Kingdom is party. In particular, the 1993 Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-Operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption aims to: Establish safeguards to ensure that inter-country adoptions take place in the best interests of the child and with respect for his or her fundamental rights as recognised in international law. Establish a system of co-operation among those who have ratified the Hague convention to ensure that those safeguards are respected and thereby prevent the abduction, the sale of, or traffic in children. Secure recognition in countries who have ratified the convention of adoptions made in accordance with the convention. The Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act 1999 will be implemented in full later this year and, together with relevant Northern Ireland legislation, will enable the United Kingdom to ratify the 1993 Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-Operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption. Other relevant agreements are: 1986 United Nations Declaration on Social Legal Principles relating to the Protection and Welfare of Children; 1989 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child; 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. Where people habitually resident in England and Wales wish to adopt a child from overseas they should go through the same assessment and approval process as a prospective adopter of a child in the UK. Once completed, their papers are usually submitted to the Department, and if in order, the Department will issue a certificate of eligibility. The procedures that follow vary from country to country. They are contained within information sheets on various countries issued free of charge by the Department. The most popular ones can be found on the Department of Health website at www.doh.gov.uk/ adoption.

Legislation

Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act 1999

Date

8 February 2001

Reference

362 c650W;362 c650-1W; 147386;147415

House

House of Commons

Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act 1999

Type

Public acts

Notes

Private Members' Bill (Ballot bill) presented 13 January 1999.

Date

21 July 1999

Reference

CHAP 18 1999

Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Bill 1998/99

Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Bill. Lords second reading debate. Agreed to on question. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House.

Lead member

Lord Meston

Answering member

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath; Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

Department

Department of Health

Type

Debates on bills

Date

25 June 1999

Reference

602 c1215-25

House

House of Lords

Rep and 3R:Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Bill 1998/99

Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Bill. Report stage and third reading debate. Agreed to on question. Bill passed.

Lead member

Mark Oaten

Answering member

Lord Hutton of Furness; Lord Hutton of Furness

Department

Department of Health

Type

Debates on bills

Date

11 June 1999

Reference

332 c949-56

House

House of Commons

Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Bill 1998/99

Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Bill. Committee stage first sitting. Clauses 1 to 18 agreed to, with clause 4 agreed to as amended. Schedule 1 agreed to. Schedules 2 and 3 agreed to as amended Bill, as amended, to be reported. (Bill 106).

Lead member

Mark Oaten

Answering member

Lord Hutton of Furness

Department

Department of Health

Type

Debates on bills; Public Bill Committee proceedings

Date

19 May 1999

Reference

SCD

House

House of Commons

2R:Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Bill 1998/99

Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Bill. Second reading debate. Agreed to on question. Committed to a Standing Committee.

Lead member

Mark Oaten

Answering member

Lord Hutton of Furness; Lord Hutton of Furness

Department

Department of Health

Type

Debates on bills

Date

23 April 1999

Reference

329 c1140-202

House

House of Commons

Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Bill (Bill 18 1998/99)

Adoption (Intercountry Adoption) Bill (Bill 18 1998/99). House of Commons Library Research Paper 99/45.

Type

Commons Briefing papers

Date

22 April 1999

Reference

RP99-45

Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Bill. (Explanatory Note Bill 18-EN published).

Member

Mark Oaten (Liberal Democrat)

Type

Ballot bills

Date

13 January 1999

Reference

Bill 18 1998/99

House

House of Commons

Deposited Paper Dep 5816

Hague Convention on Succession consultation paper. Lord Chancellor/ Scottish Courts Administration. 1990.

Deposited by

Lord Chancellor's Department; Scottish Courts Administration

Type

Consultation papers; Deposited papers

Date

20 March 1990

Reference

Dep 5816

House

House of Commons

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